hollinger’s up to date confrence outlooks

I see a few things i disagree with but its not horrible

Imo, if the Celtics stay healthy throughout the entire season..i think they’re the best team in the east

And if the Spurs stay healthy, i see them as the 2nd seed in the west

Cant see the Bulls AND Raptors missing the playoffs

I dont believe the Rockets will have a better season than the Clippers

A few more things i disagree with, but these were the ones bugging me…

I like the Rockets to be the 8th seed instead of the Suns. In the East I think Toronto & Chicago will make the playoffs.  76ers & Heat will come up a little short.

west;

1-Lakers 65-17
2-Blazers 55-27
3-Spurs 53-29
4-Nuggets 52-30
5-Hornets 51-31
6-Jazz 50-32
7-Mavericks 47-35
8-Suns 40-42
9-Rockets 37-45
10-Warriors 37-45
11-Thunder 36-46
12-Clippers 34-48
13-Timberwolves 33-49
14-Grizzlies 27-55
15-Kings 22-60

east:

1-Cavaliers 63-19
2-Magic 62-20
3-Celtics 54-28
4-Hawks 44-38
5-76ers 42-40
6-Wizards 41-41
7-Heat 40-42
8-Pistons 39-43
9-Bulls 38-44
10-Raptors 35-47
11-Pacers 31-51
12-Bobcats 29-53
13-Knicks 26-56
14-Bucks 25-57
15-Nets 24-58

I disagree on the 76ers being the 5th seed, I think they will be a boarderline playoff team, and I would replace the Bulls with the Pistons, also the Raptors will be a boarderline playoff team, theres 2 legit playoff teams that could possibly get left out the mix this year, believe it or not the East is pretty stacked top to bottom and there are a few legit contenders as well.I also disagree with N.J. having a worse season than the Bucks, not that is matters.

my East bracket

1-Cavaliers 63-19
2-Magic 60-22
3-Celtics 57-25
4-Wizards 50-32
5-Hawks 46-36
6-Raps- 41-41
7-Heat- 41-41
8-Bulls-41-41
9-76ers 38-44
10-Pistons 35-47
11-Pacers 31-51
12-Bobcats 29-53
13-Knicks 26-56
14-Nets 25-57
15-Bucks 24-58

And for the West there is honestly no way the Grizz win only 27 games, i mean come on look at their squad, also Houston is my 8th seed because of McGrady

Well this is just one guys opinion. No way the Raptors and Bulls miss the playoffs.

Shocked to see the Rockets getting 37 wins…LOL

Shocked to see the Bulls missing the playoffs and the Pistons sneaking in…

Shocked to see the Raptors underachieving in that standing considering they have added pieces of their unsolved puzzle…

Shocked to see there is no team that has less than 20 wins when it seems obvious that Minnesota and Sacramento are candidates on that category…

But overall, the list is not that bad but there are few points I quite disagree upon… Thanks for posting perez…